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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) 'YEWS.
HOUSE'S INTEREST IN SUFFRAGE
ON INCREASE—HERE’S THE REASON
m
Says Ways and Means Committee
Must Get Together or He
Will Take Floor.
Speaker William H. Burwell ha?
taken a firm hand in the adjustment
of the difference existing in the Ways
and Means Committee of the House
with respect to a tax equalisation
measure, and has read the riot act
to that honorable body.
The Speaker, who, although he is
the Speaker, is not divested in any
way of his representative capacity,
will take the floor, if necessary, and
flgnt for a tax equalization measure
that means something, and that will
insure a State board of as great ef
fectiveness as may be secured.
The Speaker takes the position that
neither extreme of opinion in the
Ways and Means Committee, or any
where else in the Legislature, should
be permitted to control or block leg
islation to its way of thinking.
Insists They Get Together.
He, therefore, when the Ways and
Means Committee seemed to be hope
lessly split, called upon the heads of
the two factions therein and told
them very plainly that they must get
together, or he might be compelled,
against his will, to undertake to And
a means of getting them together.
The Speaker insisted that it was
not so much a question of getting
this or that tax equalization measure
through, with all of its provisions Just
so, as it was a question of, at least,
getting things started toward genuine
and honest tax reform.
To pass an equalization measure
without any sort of State board to
equalize the counties would, the
Speaker thinks, not be to pass such
a measure as the people desire or as
would be effective.
On the other hand, the Speaker is
willing to concede that it may not be
necessary now to insist that the
State board have too wide authority
or be made arbitrarily supreme.
Seeks to Bring About Order.
In other words, with a split in the
committee already in evidence and a
split on the floor of the House loom
ing as a grave probability, the Speak
er has intervened, both as the Speak
er and as the Representative from
Hancock County, to bring order out
of chaos, if possible, and, in the in
terest of economizing time, to hasten
along the matter of tax reform.
Trie Speaker is an earnest advocate
of prompt payment for the school
teachers, and he also is heartily in fa
vor of revising the tax laws thorough
ly and effectively. He, perhaps, per
sonally inclines to a more drastic and
effective tax equalization measure
than now seems possible to secure
from the House.
His attitude is, however, that even
"half a loaf is better than no bread,’*
and that the interests of the State de
mand a getting together of the war
ring factions inside the Ways and
Means Committee, as paving the way
to an approximately satisfactory com
promise measure on the floor.
Speaker's Stand Effective.
The direct result of the Speaker's
interference was a reassemriling of
the Ways and Means Committee and
the recommendation of a measure
carrying a State Board of Tax Equal
izers of limited powers and discre
tion.
His hearty insistence that he would
take the floor in person, and, if nec
essary, lead the tight on a tax equali
zation measure proposing to elimi
nate entirely the State Board, un
doubtedly has had a profound effect
on the situation.
The Speaker is determined that the
House, at least, shall not permit tax
reform to be, a failure, if he can pre
vent it. And he is willing to go the
limit of his responsibility, if neces
sary, in getting things shaped up as
they should be.
Churches Lukewarm,
Dr. Holderby Asserts
Dr. A. R. Holderby, pastor of Moore
Memorial Church, declared in his ser
mon Sunday morning that the
churches of to-day were lukewarm
and the members indifferent.
“If the ministry really believed in
the doctrine of eternal punishment
and preached it what a shaking of
dry bones there would be.” he said.
“Much of the. preaching of to-day
is formal, even apologetic. We tell
our children the Bible is the best book
in the world, yet it is not given a
place in our schools-”
Daniels Blamed by
Socialists for Riots
SEATTLE, July 21.—This city was
quiet to-day and there was no indi
cation of further trouble on account
of the rioting of Friday night and
Saturday morning when headquarters
of the Industrial Workers of the
World and the Socialists were wreck
ed.
A memorial to President Wilson
was forwarded by the Socialists, lay
ing the blame for the trouble upon
Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
Warden Traps Hunter
With Field Glasses
SAVANNAH. July 21.—From the win
do»es of a business house on Way “treet
Charles B. Westcott. State Deputy hsh
and Game Warden, watched a hunter
through a pair of field glasses as he
came down the Savannah River in a
boat, and placed him under arrest when
he reached the city.
The hunter. J. W. Cooper, had a gun,
ammunition and a hag containing eight
picked birds, packed in ice, which \\ est-
?ott has identified as summer duck.
Miss Mary
Rosa Johnson,
who has set the
entire House
a-flutter.
Republican Senator Declares
Nek Schedules Will Not Cut
the Cost of Living.
WASHINGTON. July 21.—Senator
Burton, of Ohio, Republican, attack
ed in the Senate to-day the ad valo
rem duties in the Underwood-Sim-
mons tariff bill; denounced a*s false
Democratic predictions that the bill
would reduce the cost of living, and
critcised the measure for its “free
trade tendencies.”
Burton declared that members of
the Democratic party admitted the
Underwood - Simmons tariff bill
would not reduce the cost of living*
He quoted from a “signed interview”
by Secretary’ of Commerce Redfield,
in which Redfield termed the benefit
to be derived from the tariff bill
"moral and mental,” and stated that
no “intelligent man expects it (the
bill) to be more than a step toward
the reduction of the cost of living.”
“I believe that the proposed meas
ure is based on theories which are
erroneous and that its adoption will
prove disastrous to our industrial ac
tivates and to the whole framework
of our economic and social life,” said
Burton.
"Furthermore, it will not accom
plish the beneficial results which are
claimed.
“The business of the country, its
industrial life, had adjusted itself to
a party of protection. For 50 years
the prevailing rates have been high.
We can not change from these rates
in a single year without widespread
injury’. The proposed changes are
without precedent in the fiscal history
of our own or any other country.”
Members of the House are finding
excuses to hang around the press
table; the young men of the press
have found such expressions as
“brown eyes,” “wavy hair,” and “suf
fragette" mysteriously creeping into
their copy; Speaker Burwell has
found trouble in keeping his eyes
on the north side of the House and
Clerk John Boifeuillet has experienced
the greatest difficulty in calling the
roll.
The reason—well. it’s the press
table's nomination for the Booster
Hutton Girl in Atlanta’s beauty con
test—Miss Mary Rosa Johnson, a
monopoly of feminine pulchritude,
who has become a regular member
of the House newspaper delegation.
Miss Johnson “just strolled in,”
coming with her friend, Mrs. Mar
garet McWhorter. who has been ac
corded the privilege of the press
table this season. Her visit created
a demand for her continuous presence
there. Accordingly appropriate res
olutions were drawn up and unani
mously' adopted, beseeching her to act
as guardian of the press table for the
balance of the session.
Miss Johnson is a real honest-to-
goodness suffragette. It took her
about one minute to convert the press
gang to the cause of suffrage, while
the Legislators fell in the suffrage
column in rapid order. A strong
effort was made by a youth presiding
over the Senate press table to in
veigle her to their side of the Capitol,
but a comparison of “the gangs”
brought her back to the House in
short order.
"Oh. I think it is great to he here.”
she said. "You know’ I am a suf
fragette, and I like to see the Leg
islators at work, because they act
so funny. Does anybody in the world
know what they are talking about?"
Merchants in Annual Session
Here Spend Time Pulling
for Pet Legislation.
Retail merchants from all parts of
Georgia gathered in Atlanta Monday
for their annual convention, which
will remain in session Tuesday and
Wednesday. The first sessions were
set for Monday, but full attendance of
1,000 or more delegates is not expect
ed until Tuesday.
The main object of the convention
is to attempt to further the passage
of the fraudulent check and garnish
ment bills which the association has
drafted.
The bills are likely to meet opposi
tion in the House, it is believed, and
the convention practically resolved It
self into a "lobby” Monday morning,
when, after a brief executive meet
ing, all the delegates proceeded to the
Capitol to "work on” the representa
tives.
Wilmer L. Moore welcomed the
convention. J. W. S. Hardy is presi
dent and John Bratton is secretary
of the organization.
Ilf HR FIXED 5
PLEA
IS
PERFECTED
150 Hours' Sleep
Refreshes Woman
ST. LOUIS, July 21.—Miss Chris
tine Fischer, a school teacher, who
slept almost uninterruptedly for 150
hours following a tennis game, de
clared she felt greatly refreshed,
though a little weak.
ICR’ GETS FARM SENTENCE.
OLUMBUS.—Langdon Bell, fre-
nt violator of the prohibition law
lolumbus, has been sentenced by
ge Tigner. of City Court, to pay’
ne of $250 or serve six months
he State farm. Officers, however,
ise to send Bell to the farm, as
e is a similar charge pending
inst him in the Superior Court.
Mrs. Phipps Wooed;
Big Alimony in Peril
BOSTON, July 21.—Mrs. Genevieve
Phipps, divorced wife of Lawrence
Cowles Phipps, Pittsburg steel mag
nate, who arrived on the Hamburg-
American liner Cleveland, refused to
day to discuss the report that she is
the bride of Edward W. Powell, a
young clubman of Denver. Powell re
fuses to talk also.
If Mrs. Phipps is again a bride,
she will, under the terms of her di
vorce, lose the $25,000 yearly income
on steel bonds given to her out of her
former husband's $17,000,000 fortune.
MacFarlane Jones'
Infant Will Survive
RICHMOND. July 21.—The infant
child of W. MacFarlane Jones, whose
wife died at her home in Atlanta last
Wednesday, probably will live, its at
tendants at Memorial Hospital, this
city, say, although its life was hang
ing by a thread for two days after its
mother's death. The ehild, a boy. was
brought here with the body of Mrs.
Jones, whose funeral took place m
this city. . ... ..
Mr. Jones is connected with the
Barron G. Collier Agency in Atlanta.
Soda crackers are more nu
tritive than any other flour
food. Uneeda Biscuit are
the perfect soda crackers.
Though the cost is but five
cents, Uneeda. Biscuit are
too good, too nourishing, too
crisp, to be bought merely
as an economy.
Buy them because of their fresh
ness—because of their crispness—
because of their goodness—because
of their nourishment.
Always 5 cents. Always fresh,
crisp and clean.
NATIONAL BISCUIT-COMPANY
Lecturing Secretary of State Ad
mits Others Could Live on
$38.46 a Day.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. MD.,
July 21.—"If an annual salary of
$12,000 for the Secretary of State is
not sufficient to maintain him and his
family in a manner befitting the dig
nity of the high office, would you
advocate an increase in that salary?”
This question was asked William
Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State,
after he had delivered a Chautauqua
lecture for which he received $250.
“No. I would not advocate an in
crease,” replied Mr. Bryan “The
salary is sufficient to meet the ex
penses of the Secretary of State when
those expenses are confined to his
home and official life.
Hi* Case Different.
“This, however, is not the case with
me. The fact ought not to be over- |
looked, and it ought not to be neces
sary for me to mention, that In my
life are certain fixed charges which
must be met. These charges, with my
living expenses and expenses inciden
tal to my position exceed my salary.” !
“Is your farm a paying proposi
tion?" was asked.
“It is a liability, it is not an as
set,” Mr. Bryan replied.
"Is your life insured?”
“Yes. The premiums are fixed
charges. When a man abandons his
home and takes an office he leaves
behind him at his old home expenses
which he cannot avoid. Every man
in public life knows that I am not I
delivering lectures with a view of
adding to my accumulations I am
working to meet my expenses.
“I must keep intact whatever money |
I have accumulated for my old age
and for my family.
His Tongue Might Warp.
“I cannot expect to he a bread
winner when infirmities of age over- i
take me.
“However, I do not car© to make
detailed explanations for my acts.
Those acts speak for themselves. 1 1
have never hidden r.oA concealed my
acts. I know I am right and I shall
proceed accordingly. My statement
of a few days ago still stands.”
"Then you will continue to deliver j
Chautauqua lecutres?”
“Yes; and the public service will j
suffer no injury. My engagements |
are such that they can be cancelled
at a moment’s notice. I shall not
be far from Washineton at any time. ' 1
The subject of Mr. Bryan's lecture
here was “The Making of a Man."
It was delivered in a big auditorium 1
tent before 1,000 persons, who paid >
$1, 75c or 25c each admission. The |
total receipts were far in excess of
$250.
Away from Post 38 Days.
This is the thirty-eighth day Mr.
Bryan has been absent from his post
since his appointment as Secretary of
State on March 4. one hundred and
thirty-five days ago.
He is advertised to lecture at Gary,
Ind., next week.
As Secretary of State, Bryan’s sal
ary of $12,000 a year pays him $38.46
a day, counting every day in the year
except Sundays.
As a lecturer, Mr. Bryan receives
$250 a night guarantee and a per
centage of the receipts, besides all
expenses.
Bad Colds Prevented by Newly
Discovered Anti-Toxin, Says
Philadelphia Doctor.
PHILADELPHIA. July 21—Claims
to the discovery of a remarkable vac
cine for the cure and prevention of
the troublesome “cold” known as in
fluenza. are being made by physicians
of a medical laboratory near Phila
delphia, under the direction of Dr.
Arthur Parker Mitchlns.
The vaccine is composed of the
dead organises found In the blood
of a person afflicted with influenza.
Two years ago Dr. R. J. Allen, a
London physician, conceived the
theory that if “cold” germs" were in
oculated into the blood of a person
afflicted with influenza a cure was
bound to result. He also maintained
his theory would hold good as applied
to the prevention of the ailment as
well.
The theory was taken up In this
country about a year ago. Dr. C. P.
Brown. Dr Webb, of Swarthmore, and
Dr. Nathan Ward, now dead, started
to experiment with the vaccine and
finally declared they had found that
their efforts to Inject an organism In
to a person afflicted with influenza
had been successful.
In a nutshell, they held that the
"no disease twice” idea might be as
applicable in cases of catarrh and
1 Influenza as in diphtheria, typhoid,
‘ scarlet fever or smallpox.
To various Philadelphia physicians,
among whom were Dr W. Wayne
Babcock and Dr. L. F. Ashcraft, quan
tities of the vaccine were given Dr.
Babcock has treated fifty patients
and says he has found that in many
ln.*itanccs the patient was -entirely
cured of catarrh or influenza.
One stirring feature of the results
of the vaccine he discovered was that
it cures diseases allied with the com
mon cold at the same time.
There is a slight reaction, but after
that it is declared the patient suffers
no more, and when the "cold" disap
pears there is very little likelihood of
it ever appearing again.
COLONEL KINGMAN INDORSED.
SAVANNAH, July 21.—resolu
tion introduced by A. B. Moore, in
dorsing Colonel Dan C. Kingman, en
gineer in charge of the Savannah
district, for chief of engineers of the
United States Bureau of Engineers,
has been adopted by the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce.
Now Well After Using
Eckman’s Alterative
The maners of Eckman’s Alterative, which Is
doing so much good for I<ting Trouble, are con
tinually In receipt of wonderful reports of re
coveries brought about solely through the use
of this medicine. Investigate the case of thla
writer, who used Eckman’s Alterative and who
Is to-day enjoying good health:
421 Second Are.. Aurora. Ill.
’’Gentlemen: Pardon me for not writing soon
er, hut I wanted to see If I would stay cured.
I can now truthfully say I am perfectly well.
I have no pain, no cough, no night sweats, no
hay fever. Since a child of two years I have
been ailing with lung trouble, which grew worse
an I grew older. At the age of fourteen the
doctor said if I could not he sent South I
would surely die of Consumption. Every win
ter I would be sure to have either Bronchitis.
Pleurisy or Pneumonia. I had Typhoid-Pneu
monia one time. 1 had catarrh of the stomach
and bowels and had Hay Fever for the last
few years; but have not anything of the kind
this year I will answer all letters sent to
me. asking a history of my case, from any one
suffering with lung troubls.”
(Affidavit) ETTA PLATH.
(Six years later reports still well.)
(Above abbreviated; more on request.)
Eckman’s Alterative has been prowen by many
! years’ test to be most efficacious in cases of se
vere Throat and Lung Affection*. Bronchitis,
Bronchia! Asthma. Stubborn Colds and In up
building the system Doe* not contain nar
cotics, poisons or habit forming drugs. For
sale by all Jacobs' Drug Stores' and other lead
ing druggists Write the Eckraan Laboratory,
Philadelphia. Pa., for booklet telling of recov
eries and additional evidence.
Play Tennis—It’s a Fine Sport
Special Cut Price Sale of Summer
Outing and Tennis Hats
Tennis, the great healthful game, is now in
full blast—everybody’s playing.
Listen to these special summer prices:
$2.00 Silk Hat, $1.50.
$1.00 Tennis Hat, 75c.
75c Tennis Hat, 50c.
All Hats under 6 7-8 size, 25c.
Lawn Tennis Shoes $1.00 to $2.75
1.00 to 8.00
Lawn Tennis Nets
Lawn Tennis Rackets
Lawn Tennis Markers ...
Lawn Tennis Tape
Lawn Tennis Racket Press ...
Lawn Tennis Cases
Lawn Tennis Championship Balls.
Lawn Tennis Handmade Balls...
Lawn Tennis Deuce
1.50 to
1.00 to
5.00 to
8.00
2.00
4.00
1.00
7.50
45c
45c
30c
USE YOUR OWN DRINKING
CUP.
8 Sanitary Paper Drinking Cups
5c
Sanitary Aluminum Drinking Cups
. 10c
Sanitary Aluminum Collapsible Drinking
Cups,
10c and 15c
5 Sanitary Drinking Cups
75c
White Enamel Drinking Cups
Where to Play
pn-
has
Besides your o
vate court the c
provided
8 in Piedmont Park
6 in Grant Park
1 in Howell Park
1 in Mims Park
and they are in first-class
condition. All that is nec
essary is for you to get
there first.
KING HARDWARE CO
53 PEACHTREE 87 WHITEHALL
111 ■ i-
Sale Now On
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JULY REDUCTION SALE
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ALL SUITS THAT WERE
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$10.00
12.35
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18.35
20.00
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25 Per Cent Off on All
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$5.00 Pants, now ... $3.75
6.00 Pants, now ....
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6.75 ‘
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